Saw-handle



J. GLASS. SAW HANDLE.

(No Model.)

PatentedlMaLZO, 1883.

UNITED STATES JOHN CLASS, OFGANTON, OHIO.

SAW-HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,274, dated March 20, 1883,

Application filed November 2, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN CLASS, of Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Saw-Handles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying'drawings, which form part of this specification. it

My invention relates to an improvement in attachments for saw-handles; and it consists, first, in the combination of the handle with a sleeve or socket which is passed over the end of the handle, and which has a notched or recessed plate, against which the edge of the saw fits, formed as a part of the socket second, in the combination of the saw-handle, a sleeve or socket in which the handle is held, and which has a notched plate formed as a part of the socket with a notched clamping-nut, formed with an open-end slot, which passes over the edge of the saw, anda bolt which screws into the end of the clamping-nut for the purpose of screwing or drawing the saw against the notched plate on the socket, all of which will be more fully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to produce a fastening device for attaching handles to crosscut and other saws, in which the socket and the recessed plate are formed in a single piece, so as to both reduce the number of parts used and to bring the parts closer to the handle, so as to decrease the amount of leverage and the wear and the strain upon the fastening devices.

Figure 1 is a vertical section of a fastening device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same, taken at right angles to Fig. 1.

A represents the saw-plate, and B the bandle. Passed over the lower end of this handle is the sleeve or socket (J, through which and the handle is made a transverse opening for the passage of the clamping-nut D, and the bolt F.

Upon the inner side of the socket is formed a notched or recessed bearing, G, which may be of any desired shape or size, and against which the edge of the saw is clamped by means of the clamping-nut and bolt. The edges of this bearing are notched or recessed, so as to receive the edge of the saw, and thus hold the saw in any desired position.

The clamping-nut has the end which passes I over opposite sides of the saw slit to any desired extent, and in its inner end is made a screw-threaded socket, in which the bolt F is screwed. Through the slit end of the nut is made a hole, through which is passed a rivet turned backward the clamping-nut is loosened in such a manner that it can slide endwise through the socket and the handle, and thus loosen the strain both upon the fastening-rivet and the edge of the saw; but when the bolt is turned forward any desired amount of strain can be brought upon the rivet so as to force and hold the edge of the saw in the notches of the plate on the side of the socket.

From the above construction it will be seen that the clamping-bolt and the not are passed directly through both the socket and the handle; that the fastening devices are brought close to the handle, so as to decrease the leverparts,thus preventing the rapid wearing that would soon produce lost motion in the joint of these parts, and which always interferes with the positive and satisfactory action of the saw; that the screw-thread is entirely protected from dirt and the weather; and that the oil used to lubricate these parts cannot he accidentally removed or wiped off, but remains upon them much longer than it will upon the fastening devices of the usual construction. The head upon the bolt is the only projecting part or piece, and this, being made round, offers no sharp angles to wound the hands or tear the clothes of the person using the saw.

I am aware that it is not new to pass the ing applied thereto, so as to draw the end of the saw up against the casting, and this I disclaim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- In a saw-handle, the combination of the saw A, handle B, tubular casting 0, having the notched bearing G, the tubular clamping-rod having internal screw-thread, and screw-bolt which screws into the rod, substantially as shown.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN GLASS. Witnesses:

Z. DAVIS, B. F. FAUST.

or other similar device, I. When the bolt F is age strain upon it and all of the working stretcher-rod through the handle and the cast- 

